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Letters: David Brodie talks brakes with Barry Sheene
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F1’s ‘planets aligned’ for Hamilton and Ferrari. But will Leclerc remain the star?
Lewis Hamilton heads into the 2025 Formula 1 season with more questions hanging over him than ever before. The seven-time…
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Lewis Hamilton’s crucial first 100 days at Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton’s first 100 days at Ferrari – from January 1 to April 10 – will be crucial in setting…
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Ferrari’s F1 Brit pack
John Surtees Lewis Hamilton is set to become the 13th British driver to start a world championship Formula 1 grand…
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On track in the Dino 206 S: Ferrari’s near-perfect pocket racer
You know that phrase ‘if it looks right, it is right’? Were that always the case the Ferrari Dino 206…
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Gerhard Berger: The Motor Sport Interview
Austrian Gerhard Berger is a man who knows all about what it’s like to start a new life aboard the…
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Chris Harris meets Luca Montezemolo: telling the extraordinary life story of Ferrari’s rockstar boss
It was a clear, crisp summer morning and I was walking the dog across a deserted Cornish beach when my…
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Luca: Seeing Red…. behind the scenes of Montezemolo film
If ever there was a character in Formula 1 who was made for the screen it is Luca Montezemolo. The…
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Ferrari’s 296 Challenge track monster is much friendlier than you’d think
Have you ever driven a Ferrari Challenge car before?” enquires a thickly Italian-accented voice from behind a full-face helmet. The…
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Nick Mason: ‘Ferrari for Italians is like the Spitfire for us’
Ferrari, for me, has always been all about a number of different things; the history, the sculptural look of the…
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Inside Ferrari’s exclusive F1 Clienti members’ club for its GP car owners
It started with a simple yet bold request. A purchaser of an early 2000s Ferrari Formula 1 car wanted to…
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All routes lead to Italy
Chris Froggatt For Chris Froggatt, the XX Programme provided an entrée into motor sport. Eight years on from taking his…
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The Jaguar XJ13 replica so accurate it has a £20m price tag
This impressive ‘evocation’ of the car that Jaguar hoped would mark its Le Mans comeback in the late 1960s has…
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Vauxhall that turned to the Dark Side: Chevette ‘Vader’ is 290bhp menace and looks it
This sinister-looking restomod began life as a cooking model Vauxhall Chevette finished in custard yellow. But, following a 16-month transformation…
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‘Ultimate’ x-rated McLaren sells for £350k lass than original price
2022 McLaren 720S GT3X Sold by Bonhams, £402,500 This was one of just 15 examples of the £750,000, track-only 720S…
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Parting Shot: September 7, 1997 Monza, Italy
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